Looking Back, Thinking forward
Publication Date: June 13, 2007
ACORD has been implementing a one year pilot project in Tanzania and Uganda, aimed at promoting the rights of PLHAs by helping multiple actors to better understand and challenge HIV and AIDS related stigma and discrimination. This is a project of its kind that piloted PLHAs as stewards in fighting for their own welfare against a backdrop of
communities and contexts that are wrought with deep-seated stigma and discrimination gainst PLHAs.
communities and contexts that are wrought with deep-seated stigma and discrimination gainst PLHAs.
The main objectives of the project included:
• Strengthening the organizational capacity of PLHAs structures to engage with other actors and lobby for their rights
• Deepening the understanding of stigma an discrimination in different contexts in terms of causes, manifestations and impact, as a basis for developing more effective and context specific responses
• Promoting social action through networking, partnerships and alliance building;
• Ensuring learning and sharing of lessons and best practices both within countries, across countries and at a Pan Afican level